Monday, August 11, 2014

2 Soldiers remanded in custody

Two soldiers who allegedly assaulted
and robbed a number of residents of Kwabenya in Accra have been remanded
in custody by the Accra Circuit Court.

Lance Corporal Dickson Reuben and Lance Corporal Mark Gwira Forkes
were alleged to have attacked, assaulted and robbed their victims of
their money and other valuable items at separate places.
They were
charged with conspiracy and robbery and remanded to reappear before the
court, presided over by Mr Francis Obiri, on August 22, 2014.

Background

Prosecuting,
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr P. A. Morkoh told the court
that on August 4, 2014, the Kwabenya District Police Command had
information about activities of three soldiers at Kwabenya in Accra.

He
said the soldiers, on board a taxi with registration number GC 6971-12,
had arrested, handcuffed and beaten a young man who they had forced
into a taxi at Dome Pillar 2 and were being pursued by a mob.

The
police, he said, proceeded to the Haatso Westlands Police Post where
they met two soldiers and the mob that had besieged the police station.

According
to the prosecution, the soldiers told the police during interrogation
that they had gone to the police station to hand over a handcuffed man,
Mohammed Abdul Fatau, to the police.

When the police took the
soldiers and the young man to the Kwabenya District Command for
interrogation, it emerged that the accused persons had rather attacked
and assaulted Fatau without any provocation.

The prosecution said
while at the police charge office, another victim, Daniel Ako-Nai,
arrived and identified the soldiers as the persons who attacked and
robbed him of GH¢200, a wrist watch valued at GH¢500 and other items.

On
August 5, 2014, the prosecutor said another person, one Francis Osei,
also went to the police station to identify the two soldiers as the
persons who had robbed him of his 2,200 euros and later abandoned him
along the Tema Motorway.

He said during an identification parade,
three other victims who had suffered similar attacks identified the two
soldiers as their attackers.